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Citation |
Boyd R, Kresnow MJ, Dellinger AM. Fam. Community Health 2009; 32(2): 167-174. |
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Affiliation |
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. rboyd@cdc.gov |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins) |
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DOI |
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PMID |
19305215 |
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Abstract |
More children in the United States are killed in motor vehicle crashes annually than by any other cause; nearly a quarter of these deaths involve alcohol. This study examines the national prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving and riding with an alcohol-impaired driver and the association of these behaviors to having at least 1 child in the household. An estimated 2.5 million adult drivers with children living in their households reported that they had been a recent alcohol-impaired driver. Evidence-based approaches, including mass media campaigns and sobriety checkpoints, continue to be critically important public health activities. Language: en |